'oil of ben' definitions:
Definition of 'oil of ben'
From: GCIDE
- Moringa \Mo*rin"ga\, prop. n. [Malayam murunggi.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of Southern India and Northern Africa. One species (Moringa pterygosperma) is the horse-radish tree, and its seeds, as well as those of Moringa aptera, are known in commerce as ben or ben nuts, and yield the oil called oil of ben. [1913 Webster]